How to move a domain to Binfield.

Do you need to move it at all?

Not always. If you only want your domain to show a website we build, we can point it at your site and leave it where it is. Moving it is worth doing when you want everything in one place, or you are unhappy with your current registrar.

If you do move it, the domain is registered in your name through Porkbun LLC. Binfield is not a registrar, and you stay the owner throughout.

Check these first

1. You can log in to your current registrar. Transfers send confirmation emails to the address on the domain, so make sure that mailbox still works.
2. Who is listed as the owner. Run a whois lookup. If a web designer or an old business is listed instead of you, sort that out before transferring.
3. When it expires. Do not start a transfer in the last few days before expiry. Renew first if it is close.
4. Your current DNS records. They control your email and website. Run a DNS lookup and save the PDF so you can check everything is the same afterwards.
5. How long you have held it. For .com, .net, .org and similar endings, a domain registered or changed owner in the last 60 days is normally locked and cannot be transferred yet.

The steps

1. Tell us the domain. Send an enquiry with the name. We confirm in writing what is included before anything is purchased.
2. Unlock the domain at your current registrar. Most lock domains by default to stop accidental transfers.
3. Get the transfer details. For .com and most other endings this is an authorisation code, sometimes called an EPP code. For .uk domains there is no code: you change the registrar “tag” to the new registrar’s. We tell you the exact tag to use.
4. Send us the code or confirm the tag change. We start the transfer with Porkbun.
5. Approve any emails. Your old registrar may email to confirm the transfer. Approving it speeds things up.
6. Wait for it to complete. Transfers of .com and similar endings can take up to five days. A .uk tag change is usually much quicker.
7. Check everything afterwards. Run the domain checker and compare it with your saved report. Website, email and DNS records should all match.

Will my website and email keep working?

Yes, as long as your DNS records stay the same. A transfer moves the registration, not the records that tell the internet where your website and email live. If your DNS is run by your old registrar, copy the records across before you transfer. We do this as part of the move.

What does it cost?

Costs are agreed with you in writing before anything is bought. For .com and similar endings a transfer normally includes one extra year of registration, so the domain does not simply stay at its old renewal date. There is no charge from Binfield to look at your domain first.